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Newspaper
Fremantle The Advertiser
Location
Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 17, 1927
Page
3
Fremantle town events on June 2 and 17 include balls and dances at St Pauls Hall and Town Hall. Prohibition Society fundraiser and Miss Westralia contestants feature, with notes on theatre and concert plans, prize details, and social club reports.
Last Friday evening June 10 the town held a major children’s function at the Town Mall. Mrs Lester president of the Silver Chain Wall led a committee with Mrs Nixon and Miss Wood organizing a festive program featuring elaborate refreshments and a gala room decorated with poinsettias. Local children and families enjoyed music by Miss Howard and Master Ken Jenkins and saw costumes judged by the Mayoress Mrs Humble Mrs Jeffrey and Mr Streat with multiple prize categories and participants named.
A large turnout of children and parents joined Arbor Day activities in White Gum Valley to beautify the school grounds and halt sand drift. The Forestry Department supplied trees, first blue sugar pines, with later Norfolk Island pines promised. Captain Potter spoke of Arbor Day’s Nebraska origin and urged bushfire caution.
A historical note announces Woods' Great Peppermint Cure as a first aid remedy for coughs colds and influenza, marketed as a general health booster.
Fremantle Scouts stage a year long competition for Troops and Wolf Packs to win the Flag of Honor. The event features tests in first aid signaling knot work camping and swimming with varying duties for Patrols and Sixes. Special notes announce dates and rover formation.
It argues that sight power, not brain power, governs success. many with visual defects can see well with proper care. An optician using modern methods can restore comparably sharp vision, improving life chances. Call Mr. B., The Optician Ltd, 243 Murray street.
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